Inspiration is everywhere.

I love the new Coldplay album and Alabama Shakes' current alum. I've been listening to them both lot lately, and tonight I was inspired to make this drawing:

Simple black and white. 

I also changed up the letters and made some smaller ones:

A little variety. 

I colored one of them and I'm going to watercolor a few to see what I like best.

Fully colored

You never know where you might find inspiration, happy crafting! 

Snowman Shaker Card with the We R Memory Keepers' Fuse Tool

Hi everyone!!! I wanted to post a quick tutorial for this snowman shaker card I finished.  

The finished card! 

I started by using some white card stock and a snowman stamp. 

2 stamped snowmen in case I make a mistake. 

Then I colored one in with my Spectrum Noir markers. 

All dressed up. 

Then I fussy cut the head off, because I knew that was all I would be using. 

Then I cut a 4.25" x 11" strip of heavyweight card stock for my base.  

Top folding card. 

Then I cut a 3.74" x 5" piece of red card stock. 

Red insert. 

I decided to spray a sheet of paper I had with spray glitter to give it some shine. The paint takes 10-15 minutes to dry, so I was working on other things while it dried. Here is the result.

Next I started on my shaker pocket. I used a circle die one size bigger than the die I chose for my card and taped it to a plastic sheet. 

Secured die and the Fuse.

Then I cut around about 3/4 of my circle, leaving an opening at the top. 

Then I filled it with sequins and glitter, and then sealed the pocket shut. 

Finished pocket. 

To cut the window I used a die slightly smaller than the shaker pocket. I taped the glitter paper and the card base together and taped the die to the front.

Now came the assembly of the card. I started by adding a sweater to the snow man and attaching him to the back of the glitter paper so that his scarf was hanging out. 

His sweater from the back. 

I just cut out a piece of card stock and stuck his head on it.

 Then attached the pocket to the back of the glitter paper as well.

Almost done. 

Then added the red insert and it was done and ready for greatness!  

Happy Holiday! 

Using the same technique I made this gift tag. 

:) 

That's all for this post, and let me know if you have questions, Happy Crafting!!

3 Easy Cards with Digistamps

So I have been doing my own artwork and using them as stamps and this weekend I had the time to really turn them into cards. I made three, one is a Congratulations Card, seen below.

Yaassss, you did it!

Then I used Misha to say Arigato.

A fun, elegant thank you.

And finally, the resident forest friend wishing someone a happy birthday.

Happy birthday from a little fox.

So these were very easy to put together, since I'd already colored the images after drawing them, I just printed them off and added some text and layers. These stamps are for sale in my spicyninja etsy shop if you'd like to make your own.  That's all for now, happy crafting.